Sentences with phrase «uptown communities»
Eligibility: Open to all artists who reside in and whose images reflect the Uptown communities in El Barrio, Harlem, Washington Heights, Inwood and Marble Hill.
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«The intent was to coalesce the efforts and energy of our uptown communities and create a focal point of aid.
Over 100 immigration reform advocates, many from uptown communities, gathered outside a Lower Manhattan court building this past Fri., Oct. 25th, for a candlelight vigil commemorating families affected by deportations.
Failing to do so will hurt uptown communities who continue to face persistent healthcare disparities.
I promise to bring that same commitment, energy and passion to the Uptown community and to Congress — and build our shared vision and 2020 action plan.
He also helped form the Uptown Community Democrats club and was a founding member of activist group Northern Manhattan is Not for Sale, which is currently engaged in opposition to the proposed Sherman Plaza project in Inwood.
The gathering outside the 165th Street and Edgecombe Avenue entrance of the park, the site of the shooting Monday, demanded that the city stops the Uptown community from slipping back into «one of the most violent times in the city of New York.»
The Uptown Community Democrats (UCD), a new political club based in Northern Manhattan, officially launched this past Mon., May 18th...
In addition, he gave the organization another $ 51,000 as a local initiative to support cultural programming and operations at the Alianza Dominicana Cultural Center, which offers arts and youth programs to the Uptown community.
Levine, who is running for the 7th district seat, offered to help bring together an uptown community that is divided among various racial, religious and economic lines.
That was the message sent by uptown community leaders and elected officials who gathered to denounce...
At a recent meeting on Chicago's north side, schools that take in homeless students from the blighted Uptown community were pitted against schools with programs that address special needs.
We are interpreting the concept of «portrait» broadly to encompass people and places that make up the Uptown community.
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Uptown Market Manager, Stephanie Turner, and Greenwood Mayor Welborn Adams joined us in thanking the farmers and vendors, and recognizing the great benefits their market has brought to the local community.
Gause is one of 25 «Grandma, Please» volunteers, who will be honored Monday in a 10 a.m. awards ceremony at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St. Started 10 years ago as a service for senior citizens by the Uptown Center Hull House Association and supported by the Chicago Community Trust, the program handles at least 800 calls a month from youngsters who come home after school to an empty house and want to talk to a grownup.
Today, I am proud to announce my candidacy for Congress to represent the best and most vibrant community New York has to offer — Uptown from East and Central Harlem to the Heights and parts of the Bronx.
Despite the urgent need for affordable housing uptown, Jackson indicated that Sherman Plaza would not be a good deal for the community, as the affordability level of many of the units would still be too high.
De La Rosa's defeat of Linares and Alcantara's win in the «open» seat currently held by Sen. Adriano Espaillat, who is heading to Congress, represent a consolidation of power for the three, City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez, their allies, including Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, and other Uptown politicians and activists, especially those of Dominican descent, but also the larger Hispanic community.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — Several gay activists Uptown are calling on Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez to rescind his support of state Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. — who they called one of the «biggest enemies» of the gay community — or else they will be «forced to primary him out.»
A Parks Department captain told members of the community last month that there were only two PEP officers on duty in the evening to patrol all uptown parks, less than the department had vowed to provide.
INWOOD — An Uptown coalition composed of local organizations and community groups hosted a public hearing with City Council members to discuss the mayor's plan to rezone city neighborhoods to create and preserve affordable housing.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — Uptown's elected officials pulled out all the stops to honor a longtime community leader Tuesday night.
The meeting, organized by Community Board 12, will include 33rd Precinct Deputy Inspector Wilson Aramboles, 34th Precinct Deputy Inspector Reymundo Mundo, Parks Department Manhattan Borough Commissioner William Castro, Urban Park Service Assistant Commissioner Michael Dockett, Manhattan District Attorney Community Affairs rep Jennifer Araujo, Uptown Councilmen Ydanis Rodriguez and Mark Levine, and a representative from the FDNY.
«This is an issue that's plagued the community for years now, and that's the hospital reimbursement rate in Ulster County here, namely for Kingston Hospital,» Phillips said during a campaign stop in Uptown Kingston.
This summer, he was frequently seen at the Inwood Farmers Market and uptown subway stations greeting community members.
Adriano Espaillat and dozens of uptown women community and tenant leaders from across the district gather to discuss the «historic» nature of Alcántara's candidacy, 210 Sherman Ave., Manhattan.
While many had feared Espaillat's bid to become the nation's first Dominican Congressman by unseating Rangel would spark a bitter racial clash, observers say a showdown between the two Dominican lawmakers is likely to have just as divisive an impact on the Dominican community Uptown.
NYPD and Parks Department officials will meet with elected officials, community leaders and residents to discuss new safety measures in uptown parks.
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The Uptown Print Project was created to provide a cultural resource for the diverse Washington Heights and Inwood communities of Upper Manhattan through a month - long series of printmaking activities, ending on Jun. 27th...
A group of uptown politicians agrees, and plans to kick start the Clean Streets Initiative, a community campaign against street filth which aims to involve «every member of the community in cleaning trash off their blocks» beginning Saturday, July 16.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — Congressman Adriano Espaillat is hosting a community discussion Saturday to address the transit concerns of Uptown residents.
Farther uptown, incumbent district leader John Ruiz held off a challenge from community organizer Edward Gibbs, a former convict who has also been a community organizer.
A group of Uptown and Bronx community groups and leaders called on state legislators to support the Obama administration's jobs bill.
UPPER MANHATTAN — Community Board 12 voted Tuesday to ask the Department of Sanitation to curb its street cleaning services uptown by one day - a-week.
WASHINGTON HEIGHTS — Hundreds of students joined Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott, uptown elected officials and community leaders Friday morning for a ribbon - cutting ceremony at Washington Heights» newest school building.
Avoid the uptown markets and seek out your ideal producers at the far reaches of your own community to get a better deal — nutritionally and financially!
About Site - First Ascent Climbing & Fitness, a project created and supported by Chicago's climbers, started with one simple mission: to build world - class indoor climbing facilities that serve and grow Chicago's vibrant, passionate climbing community Experience our full service indoor climbing, yoga and fitness centers located in the Avondale and Uptown neighborhoods of Chicago.
May 17 - June 10 at SIFF Cinema Uptown, SIFF Cinema Egyptian, SIFF Film Center, Pacific Place, Majestic Bay (May 18 - 23), Ark Lodge (May 18 - 24), Lincoln Square (May 18 - 31), Kirkland Performance Center (May 31 - June 3), Shoreline Community College (May 25 - June 2).
Patricia Washington shows a doll with a hidden compartment that she crafted at «Pearls in the Pearl,» the Uptown Triangle Neighborhood Association's annual community yard sale Saturday afternoon.
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The city's most popular visitor zone, Uptown is host to gourmet dining, upscale shopping, sightseeing and galleries, pro sports, live entertainment, parks and gardens and the largest urban arts community in the United States.
In fact, Blayton's posthumous show was part of the inaugural edition of Uptown, a multivenue triennial feting the opening of the Lenfest Center for the Arts: the gleaming, Renzo Piano — designed «cultural beacon» of Columbia University's West Harlem expansion, long bitterly opposed by Harlemites for displacing the community.
«The triennial, Uptown spotlights the widespread artistic activity across our communities, and so it is imperative to include Betty Blayton,» said Deborah Cullen, Director & Chief Curator of the Wallach Art Gallery.
With «Uptown,» it opens with an acknowledgment at last of its place in the community.
And that community includes black and white, gay and straight, uptown and downtown, family and friends, and Africa and America.
The exhibit seeks to present two - dimensional artwork by Uptown artists that portrays an open, diverse, and multifaceted sense of community.
Alice Neel, Uptown features both well known figures such as playwright, actress and author Alice Childress; sociologist Horace R. Clayton Jr.; and community activist Mercedes Arroyo, as well as anonymous individuals like children, families, a taxi driver, a ballet dancer, a nurse and a boy who ran errands for Neels.